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 Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:12 am
It was another crisp cold day on the meadow. The sky was blue and the sun shining brightly as fluffy clouds rolled across the heavens. The snow had melted but the cold was still there. All in all it was a very lovely day. Wild flowers were scattered here and there. They were brown, dead, and dry.
Flower laid amongst the flowers and brittle grass on her back, her sapphire blue eyes peering up at the clouds, the sun's rays warming her body at least a little. Above the line of tall grass one could see four small legs and possibly the tip of a muzzle. The mare sighed contentidly and tried to see what sorts of things she could make of the clouds.
A soft song escaped the mare's lips. Her tone was rich, and velvety. She was most definately a baritone. It was almost startling to find the melodic sound coming from such a small creature. She sung an old love song she had heard her grandfather sing to his mate.
"Alas, my love, you do me wrong, o cast me off discourteously. For I have loved you well and long. My mate was all my joy, my mate was my delight, my mate was my heart of gold, And who but my lady, my love." She sung so softly that if you weren't listening for it you wouldn't catch it.
She was very shy by nature and thus, didn't like to draw attention to herself.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:37 pm
 The Doctor was making his way down one of the many used paths to find he way towards the common feeding meadows. Trotting lightly he seemed like he would trip up on his scarf with every step and yet managed to miss it every time. A small blue ferret scurried along side him with a running commentary of the things of the day including the temperature and the clear blue sky. Doctor Who seemed to ignore him with exception of a few 'I see...' and 'You don't say...' The brown stallion was more interested in filling he belly with a hearty meal before starting out on the day's adventure. That is until he heard the lines of a song wisp slowly towards him. Tilting his head to the side he halted the ferret's monologue with a hoof. "Did you hear that?" Moving towards the sound, The Doctor looked around for its source.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:48 pm
The mare was off in her own world. If a kalona happened upon her she wouldn't notice until it loomed over her grinning down with hungry eyes. The second verse of the song slipped past her lips as she pondered about the direction her life was heading. She had taken in a filly, put up with an absolutely horrid heavily gravid mare and started to slowly get over her fear of all stallions. She also found a lot of good in the majority of the males she met. She was far from the frightened, skittish mare she had been when she escaped from the pale faces that had brought her to this land.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:17 pm
The Doctor almost loomed over head as he finally found the source of the wonderful little ditty! "My my, Just fan-TA-stick! My good lady, Would you happen to know the name of that beautiful little song? It just sounds De-LISH-cious!" He tilted his head to the side before realizing one of the ends of his scarf had managed to drape over her. "Oh I am sorry about that, it has a mind of its own sometimes"
A choking scoffing sound came from behind him as the blue ferret almost lost his breath at the Doctors antics.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:33 pm
Flower blinked and did a sort of double take. "Oh! Excuse me." She said as she rolled over as daintily as possible and got to her feet. "Erm, it's just an old song my granddad used to sing to my grandmum. I'm not even sure it has a name." She explained. "I'm Flower...it's a pleasure to meet you." She said with a smile and a dip of her head. Her left ear twitched to the the slightly guttural sound she heard and noticed it came from a little blue ferret. She glanced to the small creature with a soft smile before looking back to the stallion before her. He seemed so...flamboyant. But he was polite and seemed to be kind. That was all that mattered.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:35 pm
"What is a song without a name. If I was to ask about it what name would you give it? Names are such important things." He grabbed the offending length of scarf and flung it over his shoulder. "I am The Doctor... just the Doctor will do. This is my TARDIS, he is much more bigger in noise than in size." The brown stallion gestured towards the blue ferret who came up close before turning towards the Doctor and intoning in quite a level voice. "Master, the lady does seem as if she is quite young, do you believe she is separated from her parents?" "Nonsense TARDIS, I am sure she is old enough to take care of herself." Doctor Who frowned at the ferret before turning back. "I do apoligise for my companion's forwardness."
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:59 pm
"I've heard two leggers around where I grow up sing something simmilar. I think they called it 'Greensleeves' or something of the like." She said. She arched a brow to the ferret and chuckled. "I get that quite a lot." She told the smaller creature with a wink. "I'm a fully grown adult. Usdias are just a lot smaller than Soquili, but no harm done, I don't mind in the least." She said eyes twinkling.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:02 pm
"How unusual... Are there more like you? Is it more like a condition of the heart? Unable to grow when you reach a certain point or are you more like a miniature breed?" The Doctor moved around the usida curiously, refraining from prodding or poking but obviously wanting to do so. "I have to admit, I have never seen such as a tiny horse before but then this is new lands, different customs and different sizes." He came back to his original spot before musing to himself, "I do remember hearing about a creature called a pygmy. The two-leggers said it was a smaller version of themselves. may haps this is what they were talking about." Blinking back towards Flower he paused before asking, "Are you a pygmy?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:42 am
She chuckled. "Yes I'm a miniature breed. It's a variation of Soquili such as yourself. We were bred to be smaller." She explained before grinning. "Oh yes there are loads more of my kind." She said. "I've run into quite a few. But, I suppose in a way were are sort of like pygmies...we just have a different name for it than the two-leggers. Where I grew up we were called ponies but the two-leggers here speak a different language and it got translated to usdia." She was fairly seasoned in explaining her breed to others. She even got used to the circling, examination that some tended to do. She understood the need to do so quite well. She had to stop herself from doing so when she met her first flutter. But my, this one was more inquisitive than most! He seemed very intelligent as well, something she found to be quite a treat.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:12 pm
"If by saying you are not from here, prey tell, where are you from?" He was interested to know as any new information was always a curiosity. The Doctor loved to examine and find out about things, nothing suited him better than asking questions. He mulled upon another point that she had mentioned. "Green sleeves..." The name sounded familiar but he could not place a hoof on where he had heard it before. "Master... I sense trouble near by." The blue ferret looked over his shoulder before tugging on the Doctor's scarf. "Balderdash Tardis! There is nothing dangerous around here for miles!" Doctor Who looked up for a moment before focusing his attention once more on Flower. "Now where were we before this annoying little blue ferret of mine decided to interrupt?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:19 pm
One of Flower's ears turned in the direction of the small ferret as much as possible. She dearly hoped he was wrong. But when the Doctor asked her where they had been in the conversation she chuckled. "We were speaking about my national origin." She explained before continuing. "Well I think it's safe to assume you at least came from the same country as I did." She said with a good natured smile. "You're English correct?" The mare asked, firing one of her own at him for once. If he wasn't he sure as heck put on a good show of it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:19 pm
"Ahh yes... You are absolutely correct on that point. It is splendid to meet another one of her Majesty's flock." Doctor Who peered at Flower as if seeing her with new eyes. "What part of jolly old England do you come from? Though I should have known by the choice in verbiage." He chuckled, amused by his own joke. "So what brought you over? I traveled here in a large blue ship!" He was exaggerating of course but TARDIS was too occupied with something else to correct him. The small blue ferret stared off in the distance, wondering whether it was worth the hassle of climbing onto the Doctor's back.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:29 pm
"Surrey or there abouts...to tell you the truth I hadn't really paid attention to what specific part...but it was a ranch full of old nags and geldings for the most part. I was, heh, a bit of a surprise...but I came here on a rather large ship with a wealthy family. I was to be a pleasure mount for their little girl. Ann-Marie, was her name." She said with a rueful smile.
"She...contracted tuberculosis somewhere along the way...needless to say she didn't make it."
The mare sighed.
"So the family turned me loose and I found my current two-legger Ayashe. Sweet girl...I suppose you'd call her a pygmy. Really tiny lill' thing." The mare explained.
"Oh! But listen to me talkin' about me self like an old maid. What part of the country d'you hail from?" She asked with a far more genuine smile.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:09 am
The Doctor tilted his head to the side and though for a moment. "Surrey... Surrey... Tip of my tounge and yet escaping the mind. Ahh well it'll come back to me after the holiday. Sorry to hear about your first two-legger but at least you found another." He smiled down at the smaller usida before exclaiming. "My, is she is a small one to you she much be minuscule to one of my size!" He was amazed at people could get that small. "I do suppose you fit well with her then which is a good thing. Have you met many two-leggers since coming here?" Neatly he evaded the subject of his history for the moment.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:28 am
"She's not quite that small. The top of her head barely passes mine when she's standing. I'd imagine a standard soquili's foal might be a little taller than her though...or at least as tall." She explained. "I've met, one other I think...but it was ages ago so, I'm not really sure what they're like here since I've seen such a small amount." The mare paused for a moment.
"D'you have a two-legger you stay with?" She asked. She had noticed he hadn't answered her question but figured there was a good reason for it and didn't wish to pry.
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